Adjusting to life with recently diagnosed three year old with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (as told by his mom, Michelle)

8.03.2005

i'm sorry, that last post was confusing. we've sold our house in order to save money (it was already up for sale before caleb got sick because we had plans to build). we will be saving a big chunk on the mortgage & electricity. we don't want to end up financially upside down in case anything should happen down the road. we're just taking precautions. my aunt offered her house to us so that we could save that much more money instead of renting. she's living w/ her parents (my grandparents) in the meantime & has said we use her house however long we want (how selfless is that!). i hope to move out of her house by march so we can rent or find something w/ a lower house payment than we were paying before. our old house was too big anyway. caleb is doing fair. he's been very lethargic. i've had to give him water with a syringe cause he doesn't want to drink anything. he's already lost 4 pounds. i was happy cause he was asking for food today. he only nibbles here & there. i was giving him baby food through a 10ml syringe the other day cause there was a point where he didn't eat at all. it's been a little rough. he's been really cold & he's always covered with a blanket. caitlyn has been acting out BIG TIME!!! she was never whiny but she's mimicking him now so that makes it tough. & she eats the same foods we offer him to try to thicken him up (which are several small things throughout the day) except she'll eat everything. she's turning into a chunky monkey!!! i don't want to tell her no she can't have it yet her brother can. and they're not big servings either. i'll have to figure something out. it's not a weight problem yet but we do need to watch what she eats a little better (chris took her for the 3 yr physical & i think he said she's on the border). chemo is gonna start on 8/15. it was pushed a week cause caleb's counts are still recovering from the fever. thanks to each of you for keeping us in mind & prayer. my heart goes out to the families in our town that have had tragedies recently with their young boys in separate events, please keep them in your prayers too (& i'm sure you already do).
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